DayZ Installation Guide

Updated on July 3, 2012

DayZ has become so popular, it has put Arma 2 in the top ten selling games on Steam for over a month now.

What do I need?

In order to play DayZ, you’ll need to own a copy of Arma 2: Combined Operations, which includes Arma 2 and Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead. You’ll need to download the DayZ mod files as well, and have the Arma 2 BETA patch installed. So:

How do I install DayZ?

Steam

There are a number of different ways to install DayZ depending on how you have Arma 2: CO installed. If you have Arma 2: CO on Steam, this is how to install DayZ:

Download the Arma 2 Beta Patch.

Go to the Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead directory, and right click on the "_runA2CO_beta.cmd" file, and then select edit. Search for :run near the end of the file. Add ‘;@dayz’ without quotes to ‘-mod=%_ARMA2PATH%;EXPNASION;ca’.

You can then run ‘_runA2CO-beta.cmd’ to play the game (install the DayZ mod files below first.)